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...First, we have the esteemed author and historian, Sir Simon Schama. You may know him as the host of a number of BBC series, including A History of Britain....
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...Historian Sir Simon Schama and FT deputy arts editor and film expert Raph Abraham join Lilah to discuss the historical epic ‘Napoleon’....
Daniel Radcliffe gives a great performance in this revival of Maria Friedman’s production at the Hudson Theatre
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...Simon Schama is an FT contributing editor. His latest book is ‘Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations’ Find out about our latest stories first — follow @ftweekend...
...Natural sciences: Gillian Anderson wants us to find her G Spot The arts: Ways of seeing, ways of knowing History: On Savage Shores — overturning Columbus’s ‘discovery’ narrative The arts, History — Simon...
...Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations by Simon Schama, Simon & Schuster £30, 480 pages (US edition released by Ecco in September) Join our online book group on Facebook at FT Books...
...Simon Schama’s piece on Ridley Scott’s film Napoleon (The Weekend Essay, November 25) should be required reading for all film critics even though they rarely have the same space....
...Simon Schama is an FT contributing editor Find out about our latest stories first — follow @ftweekend on Twitter Letters in response to this column: A Welshman takes issue with coronation coverage / From...
...An illuminating juxtaposition of articles by Simon Schama, the historian, with his Weekend Essay on Napoleon (Life & Arts) and actor Tom Hanks (Lunch with the FT, November 25), a reader of history....
From India to Britain, we have always managed to get in the way of our own inventiveness
...Against this backdrop, the FT’s contributions felt so valuable: the two voices of your guest columnists, Simon Schama (“Let us be, to grieve, rage, weep; say the mourners’ kaddish”, Opinion, FT Weekend,...
...Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations by Simon Schama (Ecco/Simon & Schuster) Plagues and pestilence have always been with us — and so has the bigotry accompanying narratives of...
The pillars of American democracy, not just the viability of the ex-president’s campaign, are in the dock
...To those of you who are among the nearly 3,000 people preparing to join us under canvas — hello, we have many joyous things to share including Simon Schama’s Vermeer tour of Kenwood, Henry Holland’s pottery...
...Schama: art versus the tyrants How can the arts can help to drive change in society....
...‘Simon Schama’s History of Now’ is airing on BBC2, Sunday December 4 and 11, 9.30pm; all episodes are available on iPlayer....
...Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations by Simon Schama (Simon & Schuster/Ecco) During Covid-19 lockdowns, the British historian and FT contributing editor was inspired to examine how...
...In relation to the recent coronation of King Charles, I read with great interest Simon Schama’s Weekend Essay, not least, because I was one of the hundreds protesting the pricey pomp and undemocratic “bestowing...
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